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Zambrero Restaurant double burglary suspect gets bail

A man accused of burgling Gisborne’s Zambrero Restaurant twice in one night and twice burgling a beauty business a few days earlier, is on bail again. After being arrested for the alleged offences in October, Aidan Wesches, 40, was initially...

Valves closed, advice is to not swim or fish

Gisborne District Council has confirmed the last emergency sewer valve was closed at 5.30pm on Monday and all sewage discharge into the city rivers has stopped. “For the next five days we advise no swimming, fishing or gathering shellfish in...

‘Transformational’ indigenous forest initiative to be presented at United Nation’s COP 28

A new initiative to help restore, enhance and plant 2.1 million hectares of diverse indigenous forest across New Zealand over the next decade has been announced by Pure Advantage. Called Recloaking Papatūānuku, it is guided by the wisdom of...

Perfect day for a cruise

The cruise ship Noordam made an impressive sight out on Turanganui-a-Kiwa/Poverty Bay yesterday and the city centre was busy with passengers who came ashore for the afternoon and evening. Noordam became the third cruise ship to visit Gisborne so far...

Education outdoors: giving teachers confidence to take their classrooms outside

Getting outside to teach is a vital part of education and the most important thing we can do for humanity and our planet, says outdoor education expert and naturalist Ruud Kleinpaste. Ruud and fellow nature expert John Lawry ran workshops in...

Traumatic ocean ordeal after yachtsman caught out by storm

21-year-old battled terrifying five-metre swells and 50-60km/h winds.

Cumulative impacts are tough to handle

In the latest setback in what seems to be an endless winter, the Gisborne and Wairoa districts have yet again been pummelled by more severe weather. We entered the weekend faced once again with what seems like a never-ending series of rain warnings...

No reason to fiddle with major city road

Roger Handford So a behind-the-scenes alliance of council, the NZTA and a skateboard group is to take over and “remake” Grey Street. I don’t know about other ratepayers, but I am sick and tired of interest groups and the council creating...

Cloud issues underline need for chopper upgrade

The need for the Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter to upgrade to an Instrument Flight Rules-capable aircraft became even more clear after the team’s work was hampered by a week of low-lying cloud. The upgrade from Visual Flight Rules...

One dead in vehicle crash into slip on SH2 as Wairoa hammered again

State Highway 2 south of Wairoa opened to one lane yesterday as work continues to clear a slip that was brought down by heavy rain over the weekend. One person died and another was seriously injured after crashing into the slip on Sunday. The deluge...

Watch out for land instability, GDC advises

The Gisborne District Council has again pointed to the need for residents to watch out for land instability, in the wake of the latest heavy rain. “Tairāwhiti is fragile,” the council said at the weekend. “There is risk of land movement as...

Resident quick to control kitchen fire at Whangara house

Quick action by a resident nipped a potential house fire in the bud on Sunday afternoon at a home in Glenroy Road at Whangara. Fire and Emergency NZ sent crews from Gisborne and Tolaga Bay to the property at 3.35pm. “A small electrical fire had...

'Fantastic' first ever freezing workers reunion

More than 180 former workers at the Gisborne Refrigerating Company took a walk down memory lane on Saturday in the freezing workers reunion. “It was a fantastic afternoon at the Cosmopolitan Club,” co-organiser Robbie Blair said, It was the...

Rain, debris, clean, repeat

The southerly that dumped large quantities of rain on the region at the weekend sparked evacuation alerts at Te Karaka and caused a considerable flow of debris down city rivers which has again covered beaches in wood.

Special day for former Gisborne Refrigerating Company workers

Organisers of today’s freezing workers reunion now expect close to 200 people to attend the first get-together of former Gisborne Refrigerating Company workers since the works closed in late 1994. The reunion starts at 2pm this afternoon in the...

Change in government heralds referendum on Māori wards

Gisborne District Council voters will have a referendum at the 2025 local body election to decide whether to retain the Maori ward. That is the result of a policy announcement made yesterday by the newly sworn-in coalition Government. The policy...